"Adrian" wrote in message
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On Thu, 19 May 2016 14:15:54 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
I know at least one fleet car manager who would buy brand new Fords,
run them for around one year and about 80,000 miles without servicing
them AT ALL and then trade them.

Then he was as big a fool as you, as it makes no financial sense.

Their value was not lessened by the fact the oil resembled tar, the
brakes were worn to a whisper, if they still worked, and the spark
plugs barely were able to generate a spark. All that counted was the
body looked good and the plate was a late one.

The used value of a near new car depends very much on whether it has a
full service history. One which had been run for 80,000 miles without
being serviced would not command the top price. As you'd know if you'd
ever been near an auction of such vehicles.

They might, however, sell easily at a knocked down price to someone
willing to take a gamble.

If he saved £2k on servicing, and the hit to the value is only £1500,
then he saved £500 per car...

Of course, that ignores the effect on the business of people
being stuck at the side of the road rather than in the meeting.

Its very unlikely that there would be much of that with 80K miles
per year per car due to lack of servicing. Much more likely to be
warranty faults.

Corse Ford would fix warranty faults with no servicing
being done on the car is another matter entirely.